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noun

British a situation in which the standard of medical care, education, etc, received by the public varies from area to area, depending on the funding policies of various health boards, local authorities, etc

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How to use postcode lottery in a sentence

You might be a lesbian, in which case you have won the sexual lottery.
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The winning lottery numbers and foretold riches never arrived.
The Multimillion ‘Clairvoyance by Mail’ Scam|Jacob Siegel|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Selecting legislators by lottery was good enough for the ancient Athenians.
Is It Time to Take a Chance on Random Representatives?|Michael Schulson|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No matter how much money the Koch brothers or Tom Steyer spend, they cannot convince a lottery to choose one person over another.
Is It Time to Take a Chance on Random Representatives?|Michael Schulson|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Pathways offers employment services no matter the intensiveness of the disability (they have a lottery system).
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Malicious persons in the town even declared that the lamented Torvestad had got his wife in a lottery at Christiansfeldt.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
A lottery drawn in London for the benefit of the Virginia plantations, the profits of which amounted to nearly 30,000.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
She ran the household, but had likewise a decided mania for lottery, and always for the same numbers; she "nursed a trey."
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
The lottery had taken a strong hold upon the innate love of chance.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene
The new county was required to build a court house at its own expense, which was partly done by lottery.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene